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l.ocal Man Loses first Mtcmpt To ®. ( ape Death in Ohio Xi'I.IM. TUESDAY " Democrat) Ohio. June 26. Roy fouii'i r. -Kli'iit of lur.isen: •• <1 to dio in tin•ffir " 1 " : v ” l,,s ' ° r aPimals Tutt day afternoon, judges upheld the ~f degree murder I,, th mmoii |d-:is w;l< found guilty of the „f [A.nest 1.. Good, Van .p outy sheriff, whi. h April .i-ii.K was conduct- .!■••:•■• William Klinger. Giu and Ervin CarThe judges deliberated B fenurs afUT. hearing arguof Jesse F. Ream, courtBeard, prosecutor. . .invi. ted man's attorney r .| today if he pions the fight for a lighter the state supremo or Governor Davey. ■■ the twin attoi !’.ev< about two points, in. Whether or not ForGood was an officer of mid uhHheror not SmiOi after deliberation The indictment 1 on <o counts that Smith the killing in a premanner, and. second, killed Good v.hilo Good" bis duties as sheriff. stated that lite, client, in :> of guilty, admitted killing of a per on not admit prettied:'.>'■ d Beam contended that shot Good while in a fr.-n/-angry state of mind and shooting therefore «.1 re-.uit of pi-etneiiiiai i.m ■y al' t . intended that Si i 'i |Htut know Good was an otfi|Muii that no direct word at |MtnJ indicated that Smith was an officer. reviewed the states ON PAGE FIVE) ills PIQUETT Ifoiino gouty Binger Yttorney Is Coni' ted Os Harboring a Van Meter B’ 8 *' 1 J |i! ’ f ’ 26—(FPi ' -'".is gangster's lawyer wJ“ any iran even the .line.-r -ie entitled to c mia prison term aider 1 tor harboring Horn r Van in mac-hili'* gunner sot tingang. jury yesterday deli'" |B a 'i I' out and 24 minutes to 'ts v rdict, a contrast to a acquittal on a charge "f r 'tig Dillinger. bushy-hiircd city during the Rig Bi!! Tho’i.r H tration, said be would an "to the highest con. t L. Sullivan set Thure a hearing of a motion f-r an jB 11 - Piquett is under s29,Dim attorney is subject to two B ln prison, SIO,OOO fine, or both, evidence against PijS* *as that Jie arranged for UJifting oipemtions intended ' Jahn Dillinger and Van ■**> a cost of $5,000 each. Tim which included re-made Prints, were useless for both fell before the guns of rtnien t of justice agents. face blanched when t’m B” was read. He had fidgeted final arguments when 9 ON PAGE TWO’ ~— —° S s ' a,| a Recruits g To Great Lakes has been received from th- ■' Apartment that the recr'iits frc.tn the state of Indiana 9“ sent to the Naval Train- ■ jation at Gr.at Lakes. Illinois, instead of to Norfolk. W iai a- which had been effective ■ J l '? ,-pagt ge veral years. The | Lakes Training Station wiHi M tally oipened on July Ist. 1

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Vol. XXXIII. No. 151.

Appeal Denied » ► •f B ilk / w -x -as S k < - Roy Smith, fornieily- of Decatur, lost his first fight to escaper death in the electric chair at the Ohio penitentiary, when three judges of the court of appeals, I sitting at Van Wert, Ohio, upheld the verdict of the lower court. Smith is sentenced to die August . 9. FINAL PICNIC | PLAN COMPLETE — Pleas Greenlee Principal Speaker At Picnic Here Thursday • Fin 1 preparations were made to-1 ' day f r the summer pirty to be ! sponsdred by the Young Democratic | Club of Adamis county at Sun Set park thre ’ miles .southeast ,f Deca ' tur on state road 527 Thursday. i evening. | Edwin Kauffman, the general i c.hairm n, announ-i ed today that the . I party will be held rain or shine. The ■ park pavilion will be used in cane i of rain. i The fro? basket picnic will be | ■open to the public at 6:30 o’clock | and the picnic committee has asked . that a 'urge -■ rowd attend with well filled baskets. Pleas Greenlee executive secretary to G v. Paul v. McNutt, will arI rive in th- city about 6 o’clock and , will be met by the reception committee who will escort him to the | i;ark. The free program will begin at i 8 o'clock with Judge Huber M. Dei Vcus acting as chairman. Mr Green-: l»e will deliver the principal sp ach. T.’ii program will be preceded by | selection.? played by th American begicn City band, directed by Bob ■ White. , At 9:30 o'clock a dance will be held with Hal Teeter’s orchestra furnishing the music. Tickets for the dance may be purelws d from [ the ticket committee or at the door for 25 cents a percson. The speaker’s platform and the | amplifying sy.stemjvil >’ e J^£ up J“! (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) INITIATIOU IS HELD IT MSE Huntington Degree Team Confers Work On Eight Candidates The Huntington degree team conferred initiatory work on a class of eight candidates at the Loyal Order of Moose home last eve‘"’Hie initiation was held in cele.L- Moose ritualistic work. S/STX SuiT’from the i ? — Thursday, she being one of a class lon Mooseheart.

FIFTY MILLION ALLOCATED TO NEEDY YOUTHS! Roosevelt Creates National Youth Administration Under Relief Washington, June 26. — <U.R> — President Roosevelt created by executive order today the national youth’administration. He allocat-! ed $50,U0U,01)0 frdm the $4,000,000,-! 000 work relief fund «o assist 500,- i 000 needy youths obtain a good j ! start in life. i "I have determined that we shall do something for the nation's unemployed youth because we can ill afford to lose the skill and energy | of these young men and women.") Mr Roosevelt said in a message! accompanying his executive order. "They must have their chance in I school, their turn as apprentices, and their opportunity for jobs—a chance to work and earn for them-' J selves.” The $50,000,000 will be spent dur- j ing the next year for tile following . purposes: 1. To find employment in private industry so r unemployed youths. 2. To train youths for indus- ! trial, technical, and professional employment opportunities. 3. To provide for continued attendance of needy youths in high schools and colleges. 4. To provide work relief upon projects to meet the needs of I i youth. "The yield on this investment," the President said, "should be high.” He appointed Aubrey Williams, assistant federa* emergency relief! administrator, executive director lof the newest new deal agency. Josephine Roche, assistant secretary of the treasury, was made] chairman of a special executive ; committee to administer the pro-j gram. The number of youths that will Ibe benetitted by the four phases, of the program were estimated Jis | (OONtinl'ED ON PAGEJTWO) i ALL WORK ERS RE-REGISTER All On Direct Or WorkRelief Here Must Re-register All p rsons on direct or work relief must reregister at the Adams ; county FERA office in thia city be-1 I fore they will be eligible forc tnploy- ! ment under the new program to be I begun soon. Edgnr Ludwig, national inI plovment supervisor for the eight I counties in the fourth congreeaional district will be in the local FERA r office Frid ly and Saturday. As lihes* are the only two days Mr. I Ludwig will be in Decatur and ae - all registrations must be filed in DeIcatur, Mileo Roop, work director, stated tl"’ 1 u te imperative that , very ■ erson on work or direct re- ! "borders are to the effect that every “workable” person in f , n1i11 ., 8 on work or work relief ' , 11U6t be registered. A "workable !, mon means any one over 16 yeans i of ag- capable of holding a job It does not include mothers racing fa l ilies who must stay at home with theier children. jt ,has not yet been announced ! as to when the new program which will eucce d the FERA will begin, | but .government and etate officials have stated that only those people win be included who were on work or direct relief on May 31 and who haV e registered with Mr Ludwik I„ n Friday and Saturday will be ac lt Thwe who hive registered under the federal '“(ToNTINUED on PAGE FIVE) bulletin Elkhart, Ind., June 26—(U.R)-— A theory that a 28 year o bomb set by a farmer who d d not want a h.ghway built through his property caused he death of three small chodren here was investigated today by Coroner Eugene Holderman The victims, Charles Canan, 14, and his brothers, Lave ' ne ’ ta and Wayne, 8, were killed when a contraption with which they were playing in their yard bombs planted by the farmer, since deceased, were uncovered by highway worker, building the new road. The ho m e of the boy. was on route of the highway.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, June 26, 1935.

Athletic Director i Hugh Andrews, for the last six - years mathematics instructor in ! the Decatur public high school, will succeed Herb L. Curtis as athletic director of the local isetuol at the opening of school 'in Sept-i Ever Andrews last season coached the football and baseball teams and assisted in basketi ball. HEALTH BOARD GIVES WARNING City Board Issues Statement On Whooping Cough Epidemic The <ity health board this morn ing isoued a statement In an effort to stop the spread of an epidemic ! of whooping cough, which has alr. idy claimed one death. The board dated that the disease I is being spread by children whose parents do not realize the seriousness of the disease. The disease is both contagious and dangerous, members of the health board stated. Sever 1 motheres have been tak- ! ing their children to picture shows ! while the children are suffering from whooping cough. The managers of the .picture shows have been requested and have agreed to ask | any p rsons with a persistent cough to leave the theaters. E milfee who violate this notice will be quarantined. A number are known to the board. Some parents .have not. reported |to physicians the fact that their children have whooping cough. The health board today made a plea that physic! ns be summoned and that parents coeijeerate with the board in order that the epidemic may be Jialted and that further deaths be prevented. The health board has the power to go into any home and investigate s to whether the children have whooping cough. It will make ! use of its authority unless cooperation is granted. —o Otto Stucky Is Named To Berne School Board Otto Stucky, manager of the Berne Lumber Comp my was appointed as a member of the Berne 'Hoard of Education, succeeding G. W. Sprunger, president of the board who has served two terms. The appointment was made by the Berne Town Council at the regular meeting held at the Town Hall Monday evening. Other members of the board nd whose terms hold over ore Chris Stengel and Hiram Liechty.

Joe Everett Tells Experiences While In Indiana Penitentiary

Paled Bfightly by the experience of three and a half years in the “Big House” at Michigan City, Joe Everett seemed glad to get back to Adame county when he was interviewed Tuesday afternoon at the county Jail. He saw the Dillinger gang escape from the prison. He will be held in jail pending a new trial in the Adams circuit court for the murder of Dorcas Werllr.g at Pleasant Mills on June 29. 1931. Since the doors of the prison shut behind him in the fall of 1931 he had never stepped outside until Sheriff Dallas Brown returned him to Decatur Monday afternoon. From his cel! on the third tier he could look out over Michigan City. Contact to the outer world was maintained through his subscription to the Decatur Democrat, where he read the account of the' supreme court granting him a new trial, and through a few magazines and metropolitan papers bartered for with soap, tooth brushes and tobacco. In the fall of 1931 Everett lost hia identity and became number

LIONS INSTALL NEW OFFICERS ■<■*»• Decatur Lions Club Installs New Officers At Meeting- Tuesday The newly elected officers of the Decatur Lions Club were Installed for the coming year, at the meeting held Tuesday night at the Rice Hotel. Clifford Saylors, retiring president of the club, had charge of the installation. The installation services were held for the following new offijeers: Lloyd A. Cowens, president; W. F. Beery, first vice-president; Walter Krick, second vice-presi-dent; Roy Mumma. secretary: i Clyde Butler and Andrew Appel- ! man. directors; Dr. N. A. Bixler, treasurer; George Rentz, Lion tamer; Dr. Ben Duke, tail twister. Rev. C. H. Suckau of the Men- . nonite church at Berne, gave one of the most interesting talks of the year to the local Lions club, j last evening. Rev. Suckau, with his wife, Mrs | Suckau. served nineteen years as | a missionary to India, and told many interesting experiences while there. He stated that they [ were met on arriving in India by i a missionary from Calcutta, and : rode for days on an ox cart at. I about three |o six miles per hour. I He explained that the methods of I transportation were carts, drawn I by bulls or bullocks and on E elephants. The speaker told of their trans - fer from the ox cart to the ele-1 phant, and bow he quickly came to have a high regard for the elephant when, while the party ‘of four traveled on the last part ( of the trip on the elephant, they were suddenly overtaken bv a ' rainstorm and deluge. which caused the rivers to seem to almost instantly rise until one river ! (OONTINURD ON PAGE TWO) , O TAX FORMS ARE : RECEIVED HERE » i State Gross Income Tax Payments Due July t; 1 To July 15 t 11 All preparations for serving tax-! payers during the second quarter | s ' gross income tax paying period. ' which extends from July 1 to 15. j r ! have been completed at the local | . auto license branch, it was ajinounc- ,! ed today by Dee Fryback, branch ! „ manager. J More than 1,500 return forms for i use by individuals, partnerships j and corporations ha.ve been recelv-1 ed from the state gross income tax division. Forms to be used for the > July period are the same as those • used in April for payments on In--1 come received during the first ’ quarter of 1935. Mr. Fryback said. ” Tax is payable by July 15 on income received up to June 30. Per- ■ sons who paid tax for the first 1 quarter of the year file returns on ■ income for only the second quar- ’ ter (April. May and June), while -!others will pay tax on all income f for the six-montfi period since » January 1. The exemption which r; may be deducted from Income for i the quarterly period is $250 and I for the six-month period, SSOO.

• I 15,128. Hei was put to work from , 7 o'clock in the morning until 4:30 o’clock in the afternoon at digging the basement for the new cell . house at the prison. At 5:30 each ■ night he rwas locked in his cell ■ where he stayed until 7 o'clock i the next morning. Later he was assigned to the ; soap factory where he was work- ' ing when released from the prisi on. During the first year Everett , was compelled to work hard. Later insufficient work could be ! obtained for the inmates and he > was relieved of part of his duties. , One of the most thrilling events he witnessed during his years in . prison was the escape of 10 men supposed to have been engineered by John Dillinger. He had seen the men but did not know them, i Everett was working in the soap factory at the time. He happened to walk up towards the front of ’. the building and saw the men ’ carrying a 20 foot three inch 1 rusty pipe. He remarked to a man standing near him at the time that 1 the men would get their white “ shirts dirty from the pipe. (The ( white shirts were once bi ue btjt (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)

F. D. R. WANTS TAX ENACTMENT THIS SESSION President Insists On Congress Passing Measure This Session Washington, June 26—4U.R) — A decision to initiate the new Roosevelt tax program In the house and keep congress in session until both house and senate have acted upon it was reached late today by administration leaders. Chairman Pat Harrison of the senate 'finance committee announced tne plan, which is a direct reversal of the program formulated after the conference of President Roosevelt and his capital leaders at the White House Monday night. Washington, June 26. — <U.R) — ■ ! Describing his tax recommenda- ! tions as a program for revenue amd a better social order. President Roosevelt emphatically said today that he wanted the three mapor features of the program enacted at this session of congress. The President told a room full of newspapermen! that there had been j no intimation or suggestion from ' the White House that the three I proposals be passed by Saturday, i Pointing out that failure to pa.ss the nuisance taxes by Saturday would cost the government $1,500,-1 (»00 a day. Mr. Roosevelt retorted ' sharply that such a situation might, not arise. Efforts of administration leaders in the senate to bring part of the tax program to the floor for debate today failed because finance committee and treasury experts could not complete drafting of the legislation in time. in response to questions, the President indicated the possibility of the nuisance taxes being carried I out by a continuing resolhtion. The President said that he made recommendations of prinripie and I policy and that the question ot ! hearings, if there were to be any, ■ was up to congress. A( this juncture, he was asked 'whether he thought the schedule' :of rates published today achieved J ! the social purpose of the reconi-1 I mendation and he responded that. ' lie had not read the rates. i Senate leaders, however, still ad- | hered to their plan of attaching I the new tax program to the nuis--1 ance tax extension resolution even I (hough it appeared highly unlikely j that the amended resolution could ! be enacted by Saturday night when the nuisance levies expire. j If the nuisance tax extension (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) Wells County Trustees Advertise For Drivers The trustees of the Welk) county townships have begun to advertise with legal notice for bidders for school bus drivers for the ensuing school year. Drivers must furnish ■healed bids. ADAMS COUNTY NATIVE DIES Michael James Brunnegraff Dies This Morning At Richmond Michael James Brunnagraff, 54. former Adams county resident, died at tlie state hospital at Richmond at 9 o'clock this imorning following a thre weeks illness. Death was due to rheumatic fever. Mr. Brunnegraft had been a resident at the state ih»s,pital for the last 32 years. Previous to that lie had followed the marble setter trade in Chicago. He wjs a member ot the Decatur St. Mary's Catholic church. He was born in Jefferson township, Adams county, December 25, 1880, a son of James and Margaret Brunnegraff. Surviving are two sisters and two brothers: Mrs. Josephine Costello of Chicago; Mis. Veronica Schwartz, Champaigne, Illinois; Martin and Joseph Brunnegraff, botihi of Decatur. The body will be brought to Decatur and funeral services will be held Friday morning at 9 o'clock at the local Catholic church with Rev. Father J. J. Seimetz officiating. Burial will be imada io the Catholic cemetery. The body will be taken to the Joseph Brunnegraff residence, 303 North Eighth street, Thursday afternoon from the Yager Brothers undertaking parlors and may be viewed after 3 o’clock.

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Confessed Slayer Arraigned Today; Trial Set July 22

Democrat Speaker V r I? y vl Pleas Greenlee, executive secretary to Gov. Paul V. McNutt, will deliver the principal address at the summer party of the Young ' Democratic club of Adams county, , to be held at Sun Set park Thursday evening. Greenlee is scheduled to speak at 8 o’clock. FIGHT OH Bill IS DESPERATE “Death Sentence” Provision Demanded In Utility Measure Washington, June 26— (U.R) — Tlie administration unleashed a desperate "last ditch” fight to force rebellious house Democrats today to insert a "death sentence.” ! provision for unnecessary utility 1 holding companies in the Wheel--1 er-Rayburn bill. The powerful house rules coinI niittee denied a request for a I special rule that would have permitted an immediate roll call vote on the abolition issue. Chairman Sam Rayburn. D„ Tex., of the house interstate commerce committee proposed a roll call vote to substitute the senate “death sei |»neef section far the more lenient house control program. It was the second rebuff in the house in as many weeks to the Roosevelt utility program. Earlier Rayburn's committee had reported out the modified bill shorn of taxes on holding company dividends and minus the "seven year” abolition features of tlie senate bill, which President Roosevelt favored. Leaders predicted one of the hottest floor fights in recent years on the mandatory abolition proposal. They said the outcome was a “toea-up.” Leaders planned to bring the Wheeler-Rayburn bill to the floor for eight hours of general debate as soon as action is completed on the Bland-Copeland ship subsidy 1 bill. It will be open to amend(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o

• I* Construct Flag Pole Foundation In Park ■ I The foundation for the flag pole I in Legion Memorial park has been constructed and tho steel shaft ■ is being welded, preparatory to 1 erecting it. The flag pole will be dedicated ' at services to he held Fourth of * July in charge of Adams Post of ‘ the Am rlcan Legion. The flag pole ' was ordered erected by the city ' park committee, under the supervision of Forrest Elzey, chairman and Ralph Roop, civil works icommis- ’ sioner. o Purchase Fireworks For July The Fourth Two hundred and fifty dollars . worth of fire works have been purchased for the public celebration to . be held at the Decatur Country i Club at 9 P- m. on the Fourth of : July. Os this money S9O was raised - through donations made by Decatur : business houses and the rest will be made up by the Adams post nu:m---s ber 43 of the American Legion. ! The general public as well as the r members of the American Legion ) and Women's Auxiliary of the s Fourth district will be invited and urged to attend the affair.

Peoria Machinist Breaks Down At Mention Os His “Regular” Sweetheart; Begs Leniency. ATTORNEY NAMED Peoria. 111., June 26—<U.R>-G«r-ald Thompson, confessed attacker and killer of Mildred Hallmark, broke down and sobbed today at the mention ot hie "regular" sweetheart, Lola Hughes. This 25 year old young man, confessed attacker of 16 Peoria girls who has shown no emotion at the prospect of the electric chair, wilted as his thoughts turned to the girl he claims he loved, and who has publicly expressed her belief in his innocence. Thompson was returned here early today from Decatur where he had been taken when mob violence loomed last week. He was arraigned before Judge Henry Ingram, who set July 22 as the date for trial and appointed Attorney Ren Thurman to defend him. Thompson sought a delay until the September term of court, and when this request was refused, he whimpered: "Aw judge, why don’t you give nie a break.” The court did noi respond. Thompson was led away to the county jail, where the force ot guards will he increased to protect the young slayer should tho mob spirit again rise in Peoria. In court during the arraignment were only court officials, Thompson, and deputies. John Hallmark, father of the slain girl, did not attend. State’s Attorney E. V. Champion said he will demand the death penalty. Mildred’s body was found the morning of June 17 in a cemetery ravine. neck had been broken. her clothing had been torn from her body, and she had been criminally attacked. Police were baffled temporarily as to the identity of her slayer. The inquiry turned toward Thompson when police learned he failed to report for work at the Peoria Caterpillar Tractor company on the day the body was found, and (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) O Hoagland To Hold Celebration July 4 A Fourth of July celebration will be held at Hoagland. Included in the program for the day will be a chicken supper served by the Ladies Aid Society, an aecordian band from Berne, under the direction of Marcus Schindler. Other musical ! numbers will be furnished by the Pleasant Mills Hot Shuts, George dark, Glen Clark and Wilfred Morrison. There will be a fish ipond, refreshment stand and entertainment for the children. There will be no firecrackers on the main street of ‘ Hoegland, it was announced. o TWO ARE HURT

IN COLLISION Des Moines, lowa, Residents Injured In Wreck This Morning Mr. and Mrs. John F Morrison of Dee Moines, lowa, were reported improved thin afternoon at the Adams 'County Memorial hospital where they are patients as the resut of an automobie accident this morning. The accident occurred ut about 10 o'clock when the Morrison automobile collided with, another car on a curve three miles north of Monroeville on the Lincoln highway. The road was slippery as the result of a shower. Both automobiles were badly damaged but the occupants of the other cur, whose names were not ■ learned by local physicians, were uninjured. Mr. and Mrs. Morrison were rush- ■ ed to the local hospital for treatI intent. It was found that Mrs Morri- . so nwas suffering from a broken right wrist and a two inch gash on i her forehead. Mr. Morrison sustulni ed a deep cut below his right, knee > in addition to numerous body I bruises. He was suffering from shock but rallied afte rtreatment.